Improvement in astringent medicines



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

E. W. FERRIS, OF MACON, MISSISSIPPI.

IMPROVEMENT IN ASTRINGENT MEDICINES:

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 30,396, dated October16, 1860.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, E. W. FERRIS, of the town of Macon, in the county ofNoxubee and State of Mississippi, have invented a new combination ofmedicines for the cure of diarrhoea, dysentery, and other similardiseases of the bowels, 850.; and I do hereby declare that the followingis a full and exact statement of the materials and its mode ofpreparation, reference being had to the following recipes.

To enable others skilled in the profession to make use of mycombination, I will proceed to describe the mode of preparation.

it No. l.Cherry-cordia1: Bark of the wild-cherry tree, pulverized,

(Pmmus Virginiana) Eiss Bark of the wild-poplar tree, pulverized,

(Lim'odendmn tult'pzfera) giss Refined loaf-sugar gviij Pure Frenchbrandy or pure alcohol (U.

S. P.) Zviij Pure water ..Q. S.

Then to the ingredients in the percolator add the alcohol or brandy, ifit can be obtained pure and good. Let this macerate for four hours, andthen, with the addition of a sufficient quantity of pure water, filterenough to make apint and a half of the liquid. To the liquid add thesugar, and by a slow heatletit dissolve.

B: No. 2: Carbonate potassa 5i Spirits lavender compound (U. S. P.) EiSpirits hartshorn (aqua-ammonia) 3i Essence peppermint 3i Tincture opium3i Ether, sulphuric 3iss MiX.

Of the cherry-cordial, or recipe No. 1, take three parts and add onepart of the recipe No. 2. Mix well together and bottle for use.

What I claim as myinvention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of recipes No. 1 and No. 2, substantially as abovestated.

'E. W. FERRIS.

Witnesses:

J. J. BEAUGHAMP, ISRAEL WELSH.

